[mikeqfl]

I am from a very small team. We might only have 6 people at the regional including the drive team. In between matches we are all busy working on the robot, scouting, talking with future alliance partners, ect. We can not afford to leave someone in the stands to "save" our seats. At our last regional, Peachtree, we frequently were banished to the top row end of the arena when we wanted to watch our robot compete due to the large teams saving huge blocks of seats in the middle. It is frustrating to be shoved in a corner while you watch 100s of seats go empty but blocked off by large teams. Yes some teams welcome you when you come into thier block, but just as many, if not more, growl that the seats are saved and ask you to leave. After getting barked at over and over the path of least resistance is to head to the farthest rafters. So for you large teams, while making up your own rules about seat saving contrary to first's policy, think about how it impacts us little guys, not to mention the non-first spectators we are trying to attract. We may be small but we should have equal access to watch our team compete.